The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the

U.S. Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...

’s (ED) central database for

Federal Student Aid Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the United States. Federal Student Aid provides student financial assistance in the form of grants, loans, and work-st ...

.National Student Loan Data System
Retrieved on June 8, 2010 NSLDS receives data from schools, guaranty agencies, the Direct Loan program, and other ED programs. NSLDS Student Access provides a centralized, integrated view of

Title IV Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) covers the administration of the United States federal student financial aid programs. American colleges and universities are generally classified with regard to their inclusion under Title IV, ...

loans and grants so that recipients of Title IV Aid can access and inquire about their Title IV loans and/or grant data.

Source of information

The loans and grants listed on the NSLDS website have been reported from different sources. In general, the agency that authorized the aid award is responsible for reporting aid information to NSLDS. Direct Loans are reported by a Direct Loan servicer,

Federal Family Education Loan Program The Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program was a system of private student loans which were subsidized and guaranteed by the United States federal government. The program issued loans from 1965 until it was ended in 2010. Similar loans a ...

loans are reported by their guarantor, Perkins loans are reported by schools (or their agent), and grants are reported by the U.S. Department of Education's Common Origination and Disbursement System. Loan servicers can typically provide more current balance and loan status information than the information provided in the database, which may be out of date or incorrect.

References

{{reflist United States Department of Education Student loans in the United States